- Joined
- Jan 3, 2017
If someone is sufficiently talented and skilled, yes others will let them get away with a lot more jerk-ass behavior than they would tolerate from anyone else. Bob seems to believe then that if he just behaves like the jerk, he'll then be as talented as skilled as them. Well he's not skilled enough NOR attractive enough for anybody to have any tolerance for him being an asshole. He should have always had a scarcity mindset when it comes to fans and either avoided politics altogether or had an irreverent "laugh at both sides" style.
You can get away with misanthropy as a shtick if you're sufficiently witty, puckish, or somehow demonstrating that your misanthropy comes from a place of disappointed optimism. Misanthropic jokes can be extremely funny. What you can't get away with is being a genuinely hateful cunt, as in, "Oh my God, this guy really does hate everyone and really does believe his shit doesn't stink."
And is Bob that? Well ...
I was curious about what Bob's opinion on House would show, but of course it's too generic a term to find it on his Twitter. I won't even bother with House, MD, because I'm very sure he doesn't care about making his Twitter easily searchable. However, the term "house" does show some insight into Bob's wonderful personality, never the less.
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Sure looks that way!
Throw in the way he kisses ass to industry people he wants to impress or grievance mongers higher on the progressive stack than he is (or higher than he wants to suck off, since Bob is always on the very bottom), and you get someone truly insufferable. It's why at this late date the only Bob fans we tend to see are people even more broken than he is.